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Back to the Future of Comms and the Marketing Leaders’ Masterclass

Posted onApril 16, 2015August 30, 2019

Just a quick alert to two fantastic PR and marketing events that I’m speaking at later this month: Marketing Leaders’ Masterclass | 21 April | …

Leeds, Media, Yorkshire

Media that I pay for

Posted onAugust 5, 2010August 30, 2019

Ged Carroll blogged about media that he pays for and then Stephen Waddington followed, so I thought I’d add to what could become a meme …

Government, Leeds, public relations, Public Sector, social media

Seven years today since my first blog

Posted onApril 24, 2010August 30, 2019

It was seven years ago today (on April 24, 2003) when I started my first blog. Little did I know at the time what an …

Leeds, Marketing, public relations, Self Promotion, social media

Leeds Loves Food off to a crackling start

Posted onJuly 5, 2009August 30, 2019

Last night I had a great night out with my wife to sample the Leeds Loves Food tasting menu at The Living Room on Greek Street in the centre of Leeds. I have to admit I was a bit dubious…

Leeds, Media, Politics, public relations, Yorkshire

PRs supporting journalists facing redundancy

Posted onFebruary 21, 2009August 30, 2019

On Thursday I Twittered my support for the striking journalists on the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post who are facing redundancy. I was delighted by the almost instant response from Yorkshire’s public relations professionals with lots of colleagues from…

Leeds, Politics

CBS goes inside the Barack Obama campaign

Posted onJuly 23, 2008August 30, 2019

I’ve just found this fascinating video on the Total Politics site where CBS takes a camera crew inside the Barack Obama campaign to interview some of the backroom staffers. Most telling for me was chief strategist, David Axelrod, talking about…

Business, Leeds, Marketing, Politics, public relations, Self Promotion, social media

Some really interesting business blog links

Posted onJanuary 10, 2008August 30, 2019

I’m not a fan of link posts, but for once I’m going to indulge in it myself: OpenSkies is a new airline from British Airways and it has launched not with a traditional website, but with flyopenskies a business blog…

Business, Leeds, public relations

Google’s DJ Collins to speak at Leeds Met University

Posted onOctober 5, 2007August 30, 2019

Richard Bailey reports that DJ Collins – Head of Corporate Communications for Google in the UK, Ireland and Benelux – is giving a guest lecture at Leeds Metropolitan University on October 15. It will be good to meet DJ as…

Business, Leeds, Marketing, public relations, Self Promotion, social media

Manchester recreates city in Second Life

Posted onFebruary 19, 2007August 30, 2019

The Manchester Evening News reports that Manchester is set to open a virtual version of itself in Second Life. The aim is promote the Manchester ‘brand’ and raise awareness of the city in the real world. The move is a…

Business, Leeds, Media, public relations

New free city centre paper for Leeds

Posted onJanuary 10, 2007August 30, 2019

Press Gazette reports that Johnston Press is launching City Lite, a free new weekly paper targeted at young professionals in Leeds city centre. The first edition is out on Friday – which I guess means it’s all going to be…

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About the PR Futurist blog

This is the personal blog of Stuart Bruce. I started my PR blog in 2003, so it was one of the first PR blogs in the world. I have maintained it personally while running and working for a variety of different businesses. Its primary purpose is not commercial but to promote new thinking and ideas in the field of public relations and communications.

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